Instant OS Bootup - Solutions ?
21 February 2003, 11:10 PM
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Anybody know of a hardware solution to a problem I'm trying to solve - I want to build up a PC box for my car, and I want to be able to boot up the OS instantly i.e. not sit around for 5 minutes waiting for Windows/Linux to startup. Is there a hardware solution that would solve this for me ?
21 February 2003, 11:41 PM
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Would a very small OS partition on something like a compact flash card work ? You can get flash/ide adaptors.
Just thinking aloud.
I don't think you will ever get *instant* , but quick should be achievable.
Steve
Just thinking aloud.
I don't think you will ever get *instant* , but quick should be achievable.
Steve
22 February 2003, 05:30 PM
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Use an X-Box instead. Boots in seconds and you can run all your games/music files as well as play games in your car 
Use Linux on it too if you like.
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 2/22/2003 5:30:39 PM]
Use Linux on it too if you like.
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 2/22/2003 5:30:39 PM]
22 February 2003, 06:38 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys :-
XBox - not an option, due to what I'll be using the PC box for !
Hibernate option - This is my backup plan, if I can't get the PC box to boot up in time.
Flash Memory - This is along the lines I was wondering, just what size flash cards can you get these days, and what sort of costs ? Mind you, to fit something like Windows onto it, it would have to be huge.
Windows CE - Hadn't considered that, just how quickly can it boot up ? What about Windows Pocket PC ? How quickly can that boot up ?
Keep 'em coming....
XBox - not an option, due to what I'll be using the PC box for !
Hibernate option - This is my backup plan, if I can't get the PC box to boot up in time.
Flash Memory - This is along the lines I was wondering, just what size flash cards can you get these days, and what sort of costs ? Mind you, to fit something like Windows onto it, it would have to be huge.
Windows CE - Hadn't considered that, just how quickly can it boot up ? What about Windows Pocket PC ? How quickly can that boot up ?
Keep 'em coming....
22 February 2003, 06:51 PM
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Windows CE & Pocket PC are the same thing...one is a later version of the other. They both boot very quickly.....
[Edited by Jeff Wiltshire - 2/22/2003 6:52:37 PM]
[Edited by Jeff Wiltshire - 2/22/2003 6:52:37 PM]
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22 February 2003, 07:00 PM
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I was wondering about wether I could flash a ROM with Pocket Windows, and get the system to boot up off that - I assume this is similiar to what the PDA's do when switched on.
Anybody got any links for Pocket Windows - purchase costs, tech links (the more techy the better!), etc etc ? Ta !
Anybody got any links for Pocket Windows - purchase costs, tech links (the more techy the better!), etc etc ? Ta !
22 February 2003, 07:12 PM
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Windows CE is the OS and Pocket PC is a platform implementation of windows ce. Windows CE can be used for all kinds of embedded devices. It will run on loads of different processors including x86 machines. You'll need to get hold of a copy of platform builder, which is a tool which builds an os image from a bag of components. The os can boot from a hard drive or a flash memory chip. Have a look at www.microsoft.com/embedded for more info.
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Might be of interest....
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I would have thought you could get linux to boot quite quickly - start with a slim distro anyway and carefull cut out all non-required services. With no GUI to boot it can be doing something "useful" very quickly.
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I would have thought you could get linux to boot quite quickly - start with a slim distro anyway and carefull cut out all non-required services. With no GUI to boot it can be doing something "useful" very quickly.
Deano
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